Paediatric immunology

The paediatric infectious diseases (ID) and immunology services at Barts Health NHS Trust, based at the Royal London Hospital, provides a regional service for the care of children with complex infectious diseases, inflammatory disorders, and immunodeficiency. We are a national training centre for paediatric infectious diseases, formally recognised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

We serve a diverse population and care for approximately 80 children with primary immunodeficiency. We also look after 40 children with hereditary angiodema (HAE), making us one of the largest HAE services in the country. 

Where longterm treatment is required, such as C1 inhibitor or gamma interferon, we offer training to families to enable them to provide these treatments at home. 

We provide shared care services for children following bone marrow transplantation with Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We receive referrals for children with the following conditions:

• Fever of unknown origin
• Recurrent infections
• Febrile children returning from abroad
• Congenital infections
• TB including multidrug resistant TB, BCG infections and reactivation
• Complex infections
• Suspected inherited immune deficiency
• Inflammatory disorders such as Kawasaki Disease and PIMS-TS

Tuberculosis clinic

• The Royal London Hospital, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month
• Whipps Cross Hospital, 1st Thursday of each month
• Newham Hospital chest clinic, based in Shrewsbury Road, 2nd Monday of each month.

Paediatric immunology

• The Royal London Hospital, 3rd Tuesday of each month. Joint clinic with paediatric and adult immunologist, respiratory paediatrician and immunology clinical nurse specialist.

Paediatric infectious diseases - including family clinic for HIV and vertically acquired infections

• The Royal London Hospital, 2nd Thursday of each month
• The Greenway Centre, Newham Hospital, 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.

We take part in a wide range of national and international infectious diseases, immunology and vaccine research studies supported by our clinical research nursing team. We also have clinical academics within the infection and immunology team who are based at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, on the Whitechapel site.

Consultant team

• Dr Mildred Iro, consultant paediatric infectious diseases and immunology
• Dr Sue Liebeschuetz, consultant general paediatrician with interest in infectious diseases 
• Dr Keith Sacco, consultant clinical immunologist

Honorary consultants

• Prof Andrew Prendergast, consultant in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology
• Dr Benita Morrissey, consultant general paediatrician with interest in infectious diseases
• Dr Robin Basu-Roy, consultant in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology

Paediatric microbiology

• Dr Eliza Alexander, consultant in virology and microbiology

Clinical Nurse Specialists

• Tahmina Sultana, paediatric immunology nurse specialist 
• Michael Yusuff, TB nurse specialist
• Amy Hill, TB nurse specialist

Where appropriate, we accept outpatient referrals to our infectious diseases clinic for patients within North East London. Outpatient referrals to our immunology service can extend beyond this catchment and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

ID and immunology referral requests should be sent via email to:

Immunology: bartshealth.paediatricimmunology@nhs.net

Infectious diseases: bartshealth.paediatricinfectiousdiseases@nhs.net

GP referrals to the TB service for contact screening are though e-referrals.